Lenovo s10 ideapad
Enjoy the Lenovo s10 ideapad
from Lenovo. This netbook comes in a variety
of colour designs and can be used for viewing
videos, surfing the internet and listening to
music. The Lenovo s10 ideapad comes
great size hard drive and Genuine Windows XP.
Lenovo S10 Review
Faster than its mini-notebook brethren, the Lenovo S10 offers
enough perks to make it a top pick for serious mobility.
Lenovo keeps thinking small. Recently the company delivered
slim ultraportables such as the ThinkPad X200 and IdeaPad U110. Now it's jumping
into the mini-notebook scene with the impressive IdeaPad S10. Despite its "mini"
status, the S10 manages to house some big-boy features.
The S10's tiny, 9.8-by-7.3-by-0.9-inch frame is roughly the
size of Acer's Aspire One. But while the Aspire One's screen measures only 8.9
inches, the S10 offers a relatively roomy 10.2-inch, 1024-by-600-resolution
display. It's crisp and easily viewable at various angles, even though it isn't
necessarily the brightest screen around.
This micro machine also houses the largest hard drive we've
seen on a mini-notebook to date: Our model came with a 5400-rpm, 160GB platter-based
hard disk. That's more than enough storage to accommodate Windows XP Home and
the unit's minimal preinstalled software. The hard drive, though, is the most
likely reason the S10 weighs a somewhat hefty 3.6 pounds--almost as much as
a ThinkPad X200.
More impressive is how this model performs under pressure.
The S10 has the same 1.6-GHz Intel Atom CPU and 1GB of RAM as most of the other
mini-notebooks we've seen (such as the Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee 1000H 80G
XP), yet it beats them all in performance. The IdeaPad S10 earned a score of
41 on the PC World Test Center's WorldBench 6 suite; it's hardly a speed demon,
but it's fairly fast when you consider that the nearest competitor, with the
same guts, received only a 37.
The S10 falls short in battery life, though. Its three-cell
battery lasts only 2.5 hours before giving out. Although it does a little better
than Acer's Aspire One, both lag behind other Atom-based mini-notebooks we've
recently tested.
Even though this model's good-size keyboard doesn't match
the luxurious tactile response of a ThinkPad, the S10's keys deliver one of
the better experiences among the mini-notebooks we've seen. Put the S10 side
by side with the MSI Wind and Eee 1000H, however, and you'll see that the S10's
keys are a little scrunched by comparison. Regrettably, the mouse buttons are
the clacky, tacky type; each button sinks too much and feels a little too loose.
The S10's speaker fares no better than those on most mini-notebooks:
It delivers substandard sound that's barely audible since the maximum audio
setting is fairly low. That's a slight disappointment since this model's sizable
hard drive and satisfactory screen make it a good potential video and music
player.
Lenovo wins some points for providing a bloat-free machine,
and for supplying a handy recovery application, CyberLink OneKey Recovery 6.0.
That app allows you to create backups, as well as to set partitions and restore
points--a more flexible backup option than simply restoring the PC to factory-fresh
condition. Lenovo even goes so far as to place a OneKey panic button at the
top of the keyboard. It's a nice touch, and it's a nod to ThinkPad loyalists,
who might consider it a "lite" version of the ThinkVantage button.
If you're looking for a big, beefy hard drive and surprisingly
sprightly performance from a mini-notebook, the IdeaPad S10 is a solid pick.
If the S10's slightly cramped keyboard and loose mouse buttons are deal breakers
for you, Asus's Eee 1000H would suit you much better. Though the Eee 1000H has
a little more girth, it will definitely get you through your next business trip.
Strengths: Ultra-portable, Decent netbook screen
size, Bright Screen, Sturdy Build
Weaknesses: Loud click made by mousepad buttons,
3-Cell Battery, Speakers, Right Shift Key, Atom can't run streaming video well
Overall Evaluation: I love this little netbook for its portability.
It has the power to run most daily tasks but chokes on streaming video. The
3-cell battery is a bummer and last for about 2 hours. The one thing I can't
stand about this machine is the click the mouse buttons make. It is audible
across the room. Also, the paint on the mouse button is already wearing off.
Besides that I like this S10 and it is now my daily computer.
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Lenovo are one of the world’s leading personal computer
manufactures. The philosophy is to be a new world company that makes the world’s
best-engineered PCs for their customers. In 2005 Lenovo acquired the IBM personal
computer division allowing the Lenovo group to become the third largest global
PC provider.
Lenovo’s innovating approach has led them to introduce
some of the best rated laptops in their field. In 2005 Lenovo
introduced the industry’s thinnest laptop, The ThinkPad X41 Tablet.
Lenovo History
Lenova, the Chinese company was established by a team of
eleven computer technocrats in 1984. At that time however, this software giant
was known as Legend Group Ltd. Though set up in Beijing, the company was controlled
and financed from Hong Kong.
Headed by Liu Chuanzhi, this company made a major breakthrough
in inventing a chip card that could help in putting in Chinese characters. The
breakthrough, pioneered by Ni Guangnan, made a major impact to the company's
sale. However, Liu was evicted by Ni eventually, and the firm disintegrated
into two entities - Lenova and Digital China Holdings. While Lenova made its
way through the world of computer manufacturing, Digital China took up the wholesale
dealership of IT products.
For a long time, nothing major happened in Lenova. In 2005,
Lenova acquired the PC division of IBM, making it one of the international stalwart
in personal computers (PC). Through this acquisition, Lenova had access to most
of the major software products and technologies produced by IBM. As a result,
Lenova could use ThinkPad,
ThinkVision, ThinkCentre, ThinkVantage, and Aptiva, NetVista in its personal
computers.
With these software technologies in Lenova PCs,
the company soon became the third largest manufacturer of personal computers.
It marked the beginning of a new range of computers, such as dual core notebooks,
linux-based computers, and laptops on Santa Rosa platform. It started the famous
"Idea" brand to maintain its position at the top.
With superb technologies and competent marketing skills and
strategies, Lenova made a good headway in personal computing by refuting "world's
most secure notebooks" campaign promoted by one of its competitors, Dell.
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